MILWAUKEE-A company that makes equipment to detect impurities in water will build a new assembly plant here. MORE

DETROIT-Chrysler is adding a second shift at its assembly plant building the new Jeep Grand Cherokee in a move that has created 1,100 new jobs. MORE

WINSTON-SALEM, NC-The bidding for Caterpillar’s new assembly plant has begun in earnest, as Winston-Salem votes to give the tractor maker $13 million in incentives if it locates there. MORE

MONTGOMERY, AL- Hyundai Heavy Industries will build a $90 million assembly plant here that should employ about 500 people when it opens in early 2012. The company makes large power transformers. MORE

ATLANTA-A company that supplies parts for Kia cars plans to open a new plant in Georgia. Korea-based manufacturer Hanil E-Hwa plans to open a $8.45 million factory to assemble door trim and seats, creating 173 jobs. MORE

EL PASO, TX-No one was hurt Thursday when a machine used to produce plastic parts caught fire at a Federal Mogul assembly plant here, causion $8,000 in damage. MORE

ARLINGTON, TX-Every day at the GM assembly plant here, harried workers pull 15 of their freshly built SUVs off the line and climb all over them. It’s not meant to be fun. They’re checking the trucks for fit and finish, squeaks and rattles, air and water leaks, and other problems. MORE

WICHITA, KS-An aerospace manufacturer here has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $132,500 to the United States to settle a series of alleged violations of federal hazardous waste management regulations at its assembly plant here. MORE

FLINT, MI-GM’s Flint Truck Assembly Plant will begin producing the Chevrolet Silverado July 19-marking the first time the truck will be built in the United States. MORE

KANSAS CITY, MO-After months of legislative wrangling and a filibuster in the state Senate, the Missouri legislature has passed a bill to provide tax breaks for the Ford assembly plant here. MORE